... Courtesy of NASA's National Space Science Data Center . Originally designated the Pluto Fast Flyby (PFF), the Pluto Express mission is planned to be a two-spacecraft mission designed to make studies of the planet Pluto and its satellite Charon. Its major science objectives are to: (1) characterize the global geology and geomorphology of Pluto and Charon; (2) map the composition of Pluto's surface; and, (3) determine the composition and structure of Pluto's atmosphere. ...

lte-codes . Sterne . ... In 2006, Behara and Jeffery introduced a new file format for the model atmospheres produced by STERNE and used by SPECTRUM and SFIT. ... allow depth-dependent descriptions of composition, and . ... model.lambda_ref <lambda ref > . ... abundance < elem > < abund > . ... structure.abundance < elem > : ( needs N depth ) . ab elem,1 , ab elem,2 , ..., ab elem,Ndepth > . ... structure.tau_ref : ( needs N depth ) . ... structure.opac_ref : ( needs N depth ) . ...

... Cycle 21 Phase II Proposal Instructions . ... Chapter 1: About This Document > 1.1 Document Design and Structure . ... These Instructions are meant to be read on-line, although many readers may wish to print selected portions. ... Each chapter starts with a listing of sections and subsections, each linked to its page. Near the beginning of most chapters, a list of figures and tables is provided; this list is cross-referenced for convenient navigation to a particular item you may wish to examine. ...

... The spacecraft of Magion type have been selected as the subsatellites of the Interball project: Magion-4 (C2-X) for the Tail Probe and Magion-5 (C2-A) for the Auroral Probe. ... Magion-4 was produced in the Czech Republic in collaboratrion with Russia, Ukraine, Hungary, Austria and has onboard scientific instruments and sensors designed and built in Czech Republic, Russia, Poland, Hungary, Romania, Bulgaria and Slovak Republic. ... Plasma flow detector VDP-S (Czech Republic, Russia) . ...

... S.P. KOROLEV ROCKET AND SPACE CORPORATION ENERGIA . ... History . ... Rocket Systems . ... ISS Russian Segment . ... From 1989 to 2014 V.P. Legostaev as Vice-President, First Deputy General Designer headed work under the International Space Projects (The International Space Station and the Sea-Based Rocket and Space Complex Sea Launch), as well as supervises the development of telecommunication satellites and remote sensing satellites, organization of research from board the manned complexes. ...

The Wind spacecraft. ... It was designed to observe the solar wind approaching Earth, from a position near the Lagrangian point L1, and it is part of the International Solar-Terrestrial Physics (ISTP) Initiative . ... The original plan called for "Wind" to approach its final station over two years, undergoing two close encounters with the Moon to boost its speed. ... For additional details and updates, see the home page of the "Wind" mission. Exploration" home page (index) Glossary . ...

... Baffa, C., Giani, E., & Checcucci, A. 2003, in ASP Conf. ... 314 Astronomical Data Analysis Software and Systems XIII, eds. F. Ochsenbein, M. Allen, & D. Egret (San Francisco: ASP), 157 . ... To be useful, Skysoft needs to be a long-lived project, setting little pressure for maintenance, imposing a very low nuisance level to the developers community, and requiring a low maintenance cost. ... This site is designed so that software developers acquire more visibility because of astronomical context. ...

... Search . ... Astrophysics Group . Research . ... Research and Instrumentation . ... While this seems an extraordinary endeavour, in light of what we have learnt about Solar System planets, only a handful of key ingredients are required to start characterising an exoplanet. ... The NGTS project is a partnership between the University of Cambridge, Queen?s University Belfast, University of Warwick, University of Leicester, Observatoire de Geneve, DLR (Berlin) and Universidad Catolica de Chile. ...

... Public . Science . ... Science Users Information Future Facilities and Development E-ELT jump to navigation jump to content . ... Science with E-ELT . The Telescope . ... Observing with ESO Telescopes . ... Publications with ESO Data . ... Between the end of 2010 and the summer 2011, the E-ELT project extended the detailed design phase in order to consider the recommendations of the E-ELT Design Review, and in June 2011 the ESO Council endorsed a revised baseline design for the E-ELT. ...

... Beamwidth defines the field of view 2. ... Large diameter = high sensitivity = small beamwidth 3 To calculate the radiation pattern : Compute field in focal plane from surface currents excited by the incoming wavefront. ... Feed Legs (quadrupod on the AT antennas) plane wave shadows (radiation which does not reach the main reflector) spherical wave shadows (radiation blocked between the main and the sub-reflector) 6 Surface Errors н Ruze formula Let be the rms surface error. ...

... SSAU History . SSAU roadmap . ... Equipment testing began on January 4. ... The magnetometer Shtil-M No. 2 is equipped with six sensors that measure the magnetic field in different compartments of the device, fix electrical discharges and the impact of the space environment on the equipment functionality. ... The magnetometer Shtil-M No. 2 is the third unit of the series, which was created in SSAU Institute of Space Device Engineering led by Professor Nicholay Syomkin. ... e-mail: ssau@ssau.ru . ...

... NEAR Spacecraft Survives Landing on Asteroid Eros . ... Yesterday NEAR-Shoemaker became the first spacecraft to land on an asteroid and send signals back from its surface. ... Approaching Asteroid Eros . ... Today, at about 3 pm EST, the first human-made spacecraft is scheduled to touchdown on an asteroid. ... Orbiting asteroid 433 Eros, 145 million miles from Earth, NASA's NEAR spacecraft has been returning stunning views as its year long mission of exploration nears completion. ... Aurora Astern ....

... 6.1 Kino 2048 x 1024, Eight Output CCD Design: On the center/right of the SandboxIV wafer is an 8-output design that uses a similar cell structure to the PlutoCCD CCD. ... The primary functional difference between PlutoCCD and Kino is the number of amplifiers. Kino has 8 output amplifiers and PlutoCCD has 4 output amplifiers. ... The CCD uses the two-stage amplifier found on the PlutoCCD and the two-stage Kino design and is available with both MPP and non/MPP operation. ...

This home page belongs to small group of scientists working at . Sternberg Astronomical Institute which is a part of Moscow State University . ... Электронная библиотека научно-технической и художественной литературы (доступна только из ГАИШ) . ... Local staff . Dr. Edward Kononovich (konon -at- sai.msu.ru), Associate Professor . ... Dr. Sergey Ayukov (asv -at- sai.msu.ru), Research Fellow, Webmaster of the group . ... Joint seminar of Solar Studies Structure Group and Solar Photometry Group . ...

How Do Children Learn? ... Here we propose an innovative approach to children's learning, one that integrates the transmission, constructivism, and social constructivism models by having teachers present some of the fundamental concepts involved in astronomy education at the elementary level. ... learn the story . ... Before presenting sample stories and curricular ideas, we must discuss some of the impediments, pedagogical and professional, to teaching and learning astronomy at the elementary level. ...

... Р?С?С?С?Р?Р?Р?Р?РеС?Р?С?Р?РеР? ... Launched on February 17, 1996, the Near Earth Asteroid Rendezvous (NEAR) mission is to be the first of NASA's Discovery missions, a series of small-scale spacecraft designed to proceed from development to flight in under three years for a cost of less than $150 million. ... The ultimate goal of the mission is to rendezvous with and achieve orbit around the near Earth asteroid 433 Eros in February, 1999, and study the asteroid for approximately one year. ...